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New York was the 9th state to introduce the Healthy Workplace Bill


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  • On Nov. 14, 2011, WCBS-TV, NYC aired a segment about the NY bills. Mike Schlicht, NY State Co-Coordinator, appears. Watch the TV clip.



  • For 2012, Assemblyman Keith Wright, Chair of the Assembly Labor Committee needs to advance A 4258. Please implore him by e-mail (see below for contact information) to move this very popular and necessary legislation forward in Jan. 2012. An exciting floor vote can then follow.

  • In April 2011, Sen. Savino hosted a 13 min. press conference describing S 4289 with contributions by Maria Morrissey, sister of Kevin who committed suicide over his Univ of Virginia bully, and NY State Coordinators. Watch the clip below.

  • The New York Assembly bill has 74 Sponsors!!! There are 150 Assembly members. Nearly HALF of all Assemblymembers are a part of the HWB. This remarkable feat has been accomplished by the very active (but still volunteer) New York Healthy Workplace Advocates who have worked tirelessly in NY since 2006 as part of the national campaign. The NYHWA has been able to have more than a dozen bills introduced by both Republicans and Democrats.

  • The companion Senate Bill S 4289 has been introduced by Senator Diane J. Savino and was referred to the Labor Committee on March 28, 2011. You can read this bill here.

  • The new 2011 Assembly Bill is A 4258 filed on Feb. 2 by Assemblymember Englebright. You can read the bill here.

  • In 2010 Senate Bill 1823 passed the Senate. It sent ripples throughout the state. NYC Mayor Bloomberg reacted negatively. The press jumped on the bill, mischaracterizing it as danger to employers. Read the summary of coverage that is likely to repeat in 2012 as the 2011 bills make their way through the Assembly and Senate.

  • Visit the NYHWA Website for the most up to date information.

Sponsors

Primary Sponsor of Assembly Bill 4258

Name District Phone E-mail Website
Assemblymember Steve Englebright (Prime sponsor)    D-4 (518)455-4656 engles@ assembly.state.ny.us Here

E-mail links to the 73 Co Sponsors of A 4258.

Please thank and encourage each Assemblymember.

William Colton, Aileen Gunther, Joan Millman , Charles Lavine, Ellen Jaffee , Mark Schroeder, Dennis Gabryszak, Michelle Schimel, Micah Kellner, Linda Rosenthal, William Boyland, Nelson Castro, Jose Rivera, Annette Robinson, J. Gary Pretlow, David Weprin, Peter Rivera, Donna Lupardo, Eric Stevenson, Francisco Moya, Peter Abbate, Naomi Rivera, Vanessa Gibson, Samuel Roberts, Mike Spano, Michael Benedetto, Matthew Titone, Michael Miller, Alan Maisel, Felix Ortiz, Jeffrey Dinowitz

Philip Boyle, James Brennan, Robert Castelli, John Ceretto, Brian Curran, Michael Cusick, Steven Cymbrowitz, Janet Duprey, Sandy Galef, Andy Goodell, Richard Gottfried, Earlene Hooper, Hakeem Jeffries, Mark Johns, Steve Katz, George Latimer, Barbara Lifton, Dan Losquadro, William Magee, Nicole Malliotakis, Margaret Markey, David McDonough, John McEneny, Tom McKevitt, Grace Meng, Joel Miller, Michael Montesano, Daniel O'Donnell, Amy Paulin, Nick Perry, Edward Ra, Andrew Raia, Phil Ramos, Joseph Saladino, William Scarborough, Robert Sweeney, James Tedisco, Fred Thiele, Michele Titus, Lou Tobacco, Darryl Towns, Harvey Weisenberg

Assembly Labor Committee

Name District Phone E-mail Website
Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright, Chair    D-70 (518) 455-4793 WrightK@assembly.state.ny.us Here

Primary Sponsor of Senate Bill 4289

Name District Phone E-mail Website
Senator Diane J. Savino (Prime sponsor)    D-23 (518) 455-2437 savino@senate.state.ny.us Here

The Senate Co Sponsors

Eric Adams, Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., Tony Avella, Jefferey D. Klein, Carl Kruger, George D. Maziarz, Bill Perkins, Toby Ann Stavisky, Andrea Stewart-Cousins,

Senate Labor Committee

Name District Phone E-mail Website
Senator Joseph E. Robach (Chair)    R-56 (518) 455-2909 robach@nysenate.gov Here

Nov 14, 2011, WCBS-TV News Segment
Featuring the NY HWB and the NYHWA



Spring 2011 Press Conference hosted by Sen. Savino



Endorsements

The following organizations support the Healthy Workplace Bill in New York State.

Memoranda of Support from

Resolutions of Support from

  • Albany County Central Federation of Labor
  • American Federation of Teachers (AFT) (National)
  • Americans for Democratic Action (National)
  • NAACP (National)
  • United University Professions (Health and Safety Committee)

Bill History

New York, since 2006, has introduced more versions
of the Healthy Workplace Bill than any other state.
Thank you, NY Legislators of all parties.

2011

Assembly bill AB 4258 was introduced. The companion bill S 4289 was introduced.

2010

New York was on the verge of passing this historic bill in 2010 and would have been the first state in the US to do so.
Sponsors of Senate Bill S1823 B that PASSED the Senate in 2010!!!! Senators Thomas P. Morahan (deceased), George Onorato, Joseph Addabbo, Ruth Hassell-Thompson, Diane Savino

NY Assembly Labor Committee Chair Susan John was quoted in the Wall Street Journal saying, "No other state in the country has a law like this." She was referring to the WBI anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill. Thanks to a bill-killing vote in her committee on June 8, that will be true for all of 2010. The vote was not on the merits of the bill. Instead, the vote was technically whether to vote or "hold." It was held and is officially dead.

Read the summary of the news coverage about the Senate passage and Bloomberg's fear of the bill.

Assemblyman Bob Barr introduced A 6207.

2009

A2247, the study only bill, passed both the Assembly and Senate but was vetoed Gov. Paterson.

A banner 4-bill year, began with re-introduction of the study-only bills in the Assembly (A 2247) and Senate (S 1948) followed by a second set of companion bills, the complete versions of the HWB in both Assembly (A 5414) and Senate (S 1823). On April 29, 2009, S1823A added a provision to S 1823 to give union workers with collective bargaining agreements the best protection.

A 5414 was co-sponsored by the following:Assemblymember William Colton (D),Assemblymember William Colton (D), Assemblymember Joan L. Millman (D), Assemblymember Charles D. Lavine (D), Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (D), Assemblyman Mark Schroeder (D), Assemblymember Dennis H. Gabryszak (D), Assemblymember Bob Barra (R),Assemblymember Bob Barra (R), Assemblymember Bob Barra (R), Assemblymember N. Nick Perry (D), Assemblyman Joseph S. Saladino (D), Assemblyman Al Stirpe (D), Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D).

2008

Barra (R) graciously relinquished control of the bill to Assemblymember Steven Englebright (D) and the bill became A10291 with Barra leading the list of nine co-sponsors. The Senate companion bill [S8793] to the full HWB was added in 2008 by Senators Thomas Morahan and Dale Volker.

2007

Assemblymember Bob Barra introduced the first full-text versions of the Healthy Workplace Bill [A7801/A7801-A]. The 2006 study-only bills were repeated [S2715 by Stachowski and A4921 by Schroeder].

2006

Senator William Stachowski and Assemblymember Mark Schroeder sponsored the first state bills [S8018 and A11565] calling for the state to study the problem of workplace bullying. Those bills made New York the 9th state to introduce HWB-related legislation in the U.S.

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